lexicon

(noun)

The sum total of all words in a language.

Related Terms

  • grammar
  • duality
  • phoneme
  • arbitrary

Examples of lexicon in the following topics:

  • Introduction to Language

    • Two of the concepts that make language unique are grammar and lexicon.
    • Every human language has a lexicon—the sum total of all of the words in that language.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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